I like that you put that old girl on the planks . So many people just leave them on the ground and they wonder why the tracks are stuck and frozen. Awesome video
For many years I had an Allis Chalmers HD-7W with a Baker straight blade. Extremely durable and excellent for sidehill work. It was an ex military also built in 1942. The screamin' Green leaker 3-71 was plenty of power for most any job. Mine also had a robust ripper on which I fashioned an extremely effective log splitter.
Thx for this great video. My father was a career catskinner and while I was looking at old photos I recognized that blade on one of his first machines digging a basement in Peace country Alberta around 1950.. It was set up on a Cletrac (not sure of model) but he said it was almost the size of an 8. He also had a brush cutter for that dozer and cleared thousands of acres of farm land with my uncles who had a 3T Cat and a HD16 AC. That Cletrac was later used to build some of the first seismic lines in NE Alberta using that Baker setup. Keep up the great postings
I ENJOY Old Iron, again. Too bad there is no way to LIKE a video more than once... This years Plow Day brought back 63 year old memories of me riding on one of our TD's tool boxes holding onto the armrest. The wind blowing, one last time with my father, before cancer took him from the fields, walnut orchards, and me.
What a good ol' hard workin' beast this must have been! Great to watch it running, and it sure started up quickly.....and not a puff of smoke. ( I was expecting to see a big puff of blue !)
Thanks for sharing. True piece of machinery that has been patched together to keep it going like many of the farmers and ranchers did throughout the years. None of our tractors ever saw paint or cover for that matter. You just used them and kept them running one way or the other. I love the crack in the block, leaks but keeps on running!
Running old memories like old cars, tractors, buses always puts smiles on everyone. Thanks for that. As always keep up the good work and videos coming.
We have 7 in total,the model M was used alot in northern Wisconsin and the U.p of Michigan as a skidding dozer,because of their suspension they were better than caterpillars in that regard.i believe the same engine was used in a farm tractor as well,perhaps model U and rebuild kits are still available
A/C stuff is nothing but tough. Thanks and Pop still has it and one of the saddest sounds I know of is the last licks hit by an old rig. I remember the old D-6 9-U's had to have the clutch in before you got any steering clutch booster. Thanks Toby and Pop. Sure is still a nice rig and runs super smooth for what it is.
THANK YOU !!! makes me remember my youth and your D6 those pony motors boy do i remember cold cold mornings always seemed like forever !!! but they were great days wouldn't tread them for anything !! thanks again
My father owned an Allis Chalmers M for years and broke in hundreds of acres of hil lcountry with it had the land cleared of bush and scrub with a 9 U Cat D6 did all the giant dissing and top work with the Allis M great machine of course it wasn't terribly old then late 40 early to mid 50s All this in Southland New Zealand
For many years I owned an Allis Chalmers HD-7 with a Baker fixed blade. It was a War Baby (1942) and I built many fire breaks in the mountains with it. It had a screaming Detroit Diesel and power galore for it's size. AC built good machines.
Way back when I resided in the twin ports area (uff da!) I could remember a lot of the small contractors had Caterpillars, Internationals and a few Cases. I don't ever recall seeing any A-C's but obviously they were there, too.
Nice to see that not everyone scraps old iron. A few years back my dad just happened to come across the first dozzer he ever ran, a Cat D69U it was sitting on a flat bed headed for the scrap yard. He was able to buy it for the scrap price and bring it home.
Cool video, I grew up running old Allis Chalmers equipment. We had an HD-6 and HD-11 shovel dozer mid 60's vintage as well as an HD-16 dozer which I learned to push over tree's on when I was 8 that was a blast!! Now I'm lost when I get on something with grade control lol
You know that old M is just like the good old USA, nothing fancy just there when you need it. Your dad did scare me for a second when he drove into the woods the first time,I thought it was going to be parked and left for Dead. Thanks for sharing and please work this one into your rebuild list I think she's earned it 😁
Just discovered your site. Live in BERMUDA. Same age as the CAT. Wish I was in that good a shape. Most of my life boatbuilding and Marine Electrics and Electronics. Did 20 years in the local FD, many times driving a 1938 Mack, alon with 1960 Mack B series ThermoDynes.
Nothing starts and runs like an Allis engine, They always kick and cackle ready to work. Of course being designed to run on 50 octane gas helps.. Was surprised to see how smooth it still operates and steers.
T's kaapai to hear de ol gal tick ova agin' 6:27 den put thru it's pace's o' clearing..still in gud working condition.. awesome..wif sumfin' like dat, tend to put it undercover..wea 'n tear of da elements n keepsake!!.. maybe ova due for maintenance..but yeah, still doe's da job.. kaapai presente video Squatch253..thnx..Kia Ora ✌️👍
Wow, yours has a starter! My old M has only the hand crank starter. But mine is a 1933 vintage. I have one stuck steering clutch that I haven’t been able to free up. Mine is also a tail seat orchard tractor. This reminds me I need to go do something with that old crawler.
Wow that old piece of work I hadn't seen my great grandpa had one of those Alice Chalmers and a cletrack not a high drive F I believe his was a c or a d model great video
Yes, the machines,,,,but what about the men,,,they were built to last as well,, and so we have the America that will also last for a long time too,,if we love her as much as we love the men and the machines. Once again,,thanks so much squatch,, for reminding us!!
July, 2023. Just watched this again. How about getting the other side track and rollers refurbed? This would make another 😂good series. Of course, there's the narrow gauge RD torque monster begging for it's own series! Isn't it great how folks want to give you more to do? Lol😅
Love the sound of straight piped old iron. Exactly how they were run when new. Although this machine has seen lots of use the engine seems to have weathered the storm pretty well. Usually well worn machines like this have been neglected never serviced run without air cleaners and smoke badly from all the burning oil. Not this beauty. Needs to get back to work on a project soon and polish that blade up the natural way, by pushing dirt!
Hey man, cool old dozer. We just got our ‘34 M running, any tips for attempting to free a stick steer clutch? Right side. I like that your blade angles.
That was the biggest surprise in a long time, I never thought during the video that Allis will start, drive and operate in this video, just amazing, well done. How many dozers do you have if I may ask. What a video, thanks for showing it.
Gotta love it made to last you won't find any tractor built to last anymore they are built like cars now days just a $100,000.00 more dollars of plastic and computers that will never last 10 years
Do you have any problems running gas with ethanol in it? I know it raises havoc with small engines, eating up rubber parts and floats. And you have a great channel, I am hooked.👍
Squatch253 I prefer Seafoam. I have an old Honda generator that sat for over five years with Seafoam treated basin the tank. It still smelled good and fired right up on that same tank of gas. Made a believer out of me!
I hope you will be making plans to do more restoration work , that right side undercarriage and repair or replace that engine Its earned it keep many times over for you.
My husband has a 1937 Caterpillar r2 crawler. He is interested in the fair you were at. We are in the U P of Michigan which is not that far from you. He's having a lot of trouble finding info on the r2. Any information would be appreciated.
